{"id":33075,"date":"2020-08-26T18:08:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T22:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=33075"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:12:48","slug":"nba-boycott-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/08\/26\/nba-boycott-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Boycotts Prompt Board of Governors Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In March, the NBA postponed their season indefinitely. That led to the Orlando Bubble. Now, the NBA season seems to be in jeopardy after just a handful of playoff games.\u00a0An extreme domino effect sent ripples through not just the NBA, but the entire wide world of sports in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. It all started with a boycott of an NBA playoff game.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Boycott Threatens NBA Season, Other Major Sports<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The First Domino; The Milwaukee Bucks NBA Boycott<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/milwaukee-bucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> didn&#8217;t come out for warmups prior to their Game 5 bout with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/orlando-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Magic<\/a>. Not long after, news broke that the Bucks were boycotting the game as a protest against police brutality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Milwaukee Bucks&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6r4nvQLkvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6r4nvQLkvw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes\/status\/1298763148091166720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Within minutes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/houston-rockets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Rockets<\/a> announced they would follow suit, as did the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/portland-trail-blazers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>. The players called for an emergency meeting within the Orlando Bubble.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA took official action and postponed all games that were set to take place Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Fallout<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Immediately following the move, social media caught word of the shift. No matter if users agreed with the move or not, it was forcibly brought to their attention. If the protest went no further than that, it would have still been felt across the nation and perhaps the world.<\/p>\n<p>But it did go further.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every word Chris Webber says here should be listened to. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2mKUqEHL1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/L2mKUqEHL1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bubbaprog\/status\/1298755867836321794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks held a team meeting a released a statement demanding the Wisconsin state legislature immediately convene to discuss how to better hold law enforcement officials accountable. The team did not comment on what moves they would make in the immediate future. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the team was in contact with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes during their meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Wojnarowski later reported the NBA would call a special Board of Governors meeting in response. The meeting is scheduled to take place Thursday morning. The fate of the entire NBA season may hang in the balance of the meeting.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Ripple Effect<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Once the news got out, boycotts spread to Major League Baseball as well, where the Milwaukee Brewers refused to play their Wednesday night contest. The WNBA followed the NBA&#8217;s lead and decided not to play either. This boycott could quickly spill over into the entire realm of professional sports.<\/p>\n<p>In unprecedented times (for lack of a better, less-frequently used term), there are unprecedented actions. In a world ravaged by a global pandemic and ongoing protests for social justice, the return of sports was the first step toward a return to normalcy. But perhaps the world is not yet ready for normalcy until real change takes place on a massive scale.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"o4TeEFy8QxZkCWslsnDjXw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/579708428\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'o4TeEFy8QxZkCWslsnDjXw',sig:'0wWp6PjyhMdgqbczwywaYJwXVW4pgsCeIvcdGkOwakk=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'579708428',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March, the NBA postponed their season indefinitely. That led to the Orlando Bubble. 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